45 Responses to “list of works”

I'd throw an extra star or two on "After Everything Now This". Some of the church's most beautiful moments on there. Invisible, the chorus of Nightfriends, the "people from the outside world want more evidence" refrain on Radiance. One of my favs to be sure.

I'd also give extra stars to Remote Luxury/Persia, Hologram of Baal and Sometime Anywhere.Narcosis better than Freaky Conclusions…no way! Painkiller is very good in parts but Unearthed…WHOOOOOOAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!I also like Snow Job better than the first one. I NOW like Forget Yourself way better than Untitled #23 (except for Happenstance which is one of the best things the Church has EVER done). This was after taking a mate to the last gig in Sydney and him being blown away by The Theatre and its Double (and me doing a re-exploring).Seance is also a fave – do a remix/rejig with Tim doing REAL drums (Seance…naked). Sometime Anywhere in 5.1 would be much appreciated too whilst I'm at it!I will have to get the Isidore album if you insist that it is so great!

Steve Kilbey and the Church – SO much magic over SO many years!!!Fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

the work of a lifetime and a good lifetime's work i think. your girls (despite their present state of unimpressedness) will grow older, become proud and boast about their dad to their own kids. on a differnt subject…one of the topics you return to regularly is the yoga & swimming (and the vegetariansim but i won't mention that as i'm nowhere near yet). over the last few years the lovely way you have described the benefits of these things has struck a chord and i have swum every lunchtime for the last 6 months, love it and have just begun yoga (my bones are far away from acheiving pleasant rubberiness). the other day you were saying you do a km at a time in the pool – i would be interested to know how many times a week you do that and what stroke, and with regards to the yoga did you have a teacher to start or did you learn from books or videos…etc etc…don't want to pry but i am interested and you do seem to be remarkably well preserved for a man of such great age. 🙂

Interesting to see you've rated BW2B two stars higher than the 'official' release 'Uninvited…'.

I think a song like 'Pearls' is one of those hidden gems, and still the chorus gets me almost teary. However, it also sounds like it's almost being sabotaged in places. My my, if that had been tidied up a bit it could've been a contender, boss.

despair….!what remains is just a green powder in the bottom of a plastic bag….the man is nowhere to be found..alltough i know the harvest been good….it´s freezing here in winterland…watching "artmans" vids on youtube…"silhouettes in meltdown"..read your list of the soundtrack of my life, man it is impressive! its a feast!//12 str

This list is certainly very helpful to someone like me who is still at the puppy stage when it comes to being chrunch and SK trained, but I’m getting there. 12 to complete my collection and whilst I know where some are available, it would be great to know where to get the others?? Being a good pupil though as and when new stuff becomes available, or re-available like BWTB, I know this list will lessen with time.

You should be mighty proud SK! Can’t think of many people that can claim to front a band, have had albums with other AND solo stuff, and despite the fact that you personally have not always been impressed by certain tracks, of the 35 I own, there’s not one duff album amongst them. Is it any wonder that those of us who do ‘get’ you remain loyal fan once they’ve that very first track regardless of when or what it was???

Please consider adding an extra star to Remindlessness for the sheer scope of it's vision, and for the fact that I always well up and shed a hot little tear when reading the "I always know where to find you" liner notes.

All I can say is, I enjoy it all but to me the period from Forget Yourself until now is my favorite (which is why the Lurie book felt so incomplete -I was never a teenage fanboy I discovered the Church at 30). I don't really have a favorite album and I find it a terrible idea to try to rank them. I like the older records but I rarely list to anything pre HOB. I think the music keeps getting deeper, revealing more layers of meaning. Forget Yourself was the album I discovered the Church. It blew doors of my mind right open to a new dimension.

What a body of work!!But seeing as you've added ep's there's a whole host more to go on the list…..pangaea…operetta…numbers…louisiana…song in space…temp drop…etc etc.Just shows how busy and amazing you've been.

I'd rate Seance a little higher. Underneath that abhorrent drum sound, there's some wonderful songs. And, it's a shame some of the songs off Spots weren't properly recorded for a "real" LP release. Frozen and distant and We Both Know why You're Here are classic songs.

Further to Mr Ricky's splendid idea to note some of your production work, I love the Stephen Cummings and Kev Carmody productions too. Not forgetting the second Margot Smith album 'Taste' that you and Peter and Tim were all over – that's a hidden gem.I won't be too much of an anorak and name any more 😉